Oaks sweep High Desert

VISALIA — The Visalia Oaks came from behind to defeat the High
Desert Mavericks 4-3 and finish off a three-game sweep on Saturday at
Recreation Park.

High Desert scored all three of its runs in the top of the first.
Left fielder Jamie McOwen led off the game with a home run, and catcher
Travis Scott and Kevin Reynolds each recorded run-scoring hits.

Visalia scored two runs in the third on Mark Hallberg's sacrifice fly to left with the help of a throwing error by McOwen.

In the bottom of the eighth, the Oaks tied it up. After singing with
one out, Pedro Ciaraco stole second, and then scored when Scott made an
error trying to throw him out at third on a base-stealing attempt.

In the bottom of the ninth, Aaron Cotter hit Gregory Thompson to
open the inning. Thompson stole second base and came home two batters
later on Evan Frey's RBI single to center field to end the game.